Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Hugo Roundup: Semiprozine

One day I'll sell something to one of these magazines. I'm working on it. Well, except FIYAH, obviously.

They're all excellent, and each one deserves to win. For the same reason as editor, short form, I'm not doing a pick or prediction:

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews - a bit of a niche fantasy magazine, but always excellent.
  • Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya, assistant editor Benjamin C. Kinney, audio producers Adam Pracht and Summer Brooks, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart - pretty much the premier audio magazine of science fiction
  • Fireside Magazine, editor Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson, copyeditor Chelle Parker, social coordinator Meg Frank, publisher & art director Pablo Defendini, founding editor Brian White - Rios left this year, but Fireside should continue strong.
  • FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editor Troy L. Wiggins, editors Eboni Dunbar, Brent Lambert, L.D. Lewis, Danny Lore, Brandon O’Brien and Kaleb Russell - Looking for an afrofuturism sampler? You could do a lot worse.
  • Strange Horizons, Vanessa Rose Phin, Catherine Krahe, AJ Odasso, Dan Hartland, Joyce Chng, Dante Luiz and the Strange Horizons staff - A beautifully diverse magazine in both author and story type.
  • Uncanny Magazine, editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, nonfiction/managing editor Michi Trota, managing editor Chimedum Ohaegbu, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky - Just plain awesome.
I almost don't care which one wins. They're all amazing.

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